Works In Progress
@ Willapa
The Salty Farmer consults for a 300 acre family-run farm in THE West Coast’s most rooted shellfishing estuary. Here he is advising on farm growth, making headway on a wet storage facility, and pushing ahead another proof-of-concept of a hatchery + nursery model for Olympia + Pacific oysters. On the current trajectory, this would be his 7th hatchery build up.
@ Marrowstone Island
The Salty Farmer designs and builds a remote Abalone quarantine & hatchery facility dedicated to the importation of the endangered Pinto Abalone. This space will host the creation distinct familial crosses, starting in Fall 2024. Once the new generations of abalone are established & vetted, they will be used in satellite production facilities around Puget Sound to repopulate the San Juans & The Strait of Juan de Fuca.
@ Quilcene
The Salty Farmer breathes life into an established facility which once brought seed to farm by the millions. Prior to The Salty Farmer onboarding, it had seen a year-on-year decline of in-house seed production. Since coming on board in early 2024, the hosting organization is making traceable gains on spat on shell production and output of singles from nursery with routine consulting. The yield, growth rate, and health of seed is stark improvement from past years. All of these gains have happened without any new investment in infrastructure.
@ NOAA’s NMFS Manchester
The Salty Farmer repaired a commercial FLUPSY after a season-long assault by sea lions (see pic below!). He led a team to mend the timber structure, resurface the deck, rebuild the gantry; renew the FLUPSY trough, bins, and pumps; installed new sea lion deterring hot rails, plumbing, and storage infrastructure under the guidance of NOAA. The team met a demanding timeline to enable production, restoration, and research for the 2024 growing season.
